---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires financial aid award letter provided by institutions of higher education and certain proprietary schools be consistent with financial aid shopping sheet."
description: "Requires financial aid award letter provided by institutions of higher education and certain proprietary schools be consistent with financial aid shopping sheet."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 1189"
citation: "New Jersey A 1189 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUC FINANCE", "HIGHER ED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Moen, William F.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b76bc576-2dbe-4b8a-86ab-36c149c30f88"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "a741e2b0409a4be091c6d315b4885ea74869015834f16c250d9dda79e739d498"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
---

# New Jersey A 1189 (220) — Requires financial aid award letter provided by institutions of higher education and certain proprietary schools be consistent with financial aid shopping sheet.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A1500/1189_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A1500/1189_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint Senate 3/24/22 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A1500/1189_R2.HTM)
4. **Reprint Senate 6/16/22 3R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A1500/1189_R3.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Moen, William F. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (21-0) (Cunningham) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1372 (3R)
- **2022-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2022-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.127. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b76bc576-2dbe-4b8a-86ab-36c149c30f88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).